To My Wife by Kada Phiri

The celebrations are over and all have departed to their home,
They dances, drank and ate till they left empty domes,
The journey of our lives has begun,
The union of our families extends to our clans
I waited with baited breath for the day you became my bride,
You are now a woman, who is my pride,
It’s going to be a long and hard ride,
I am with you the whole way even when you get tired,
Our ancestors have been through the same path,
Their words will guide us in time of wrath,
Our hose is now a home for our new union,
It is a ship sailing on Lake Malawi with a captain,
We are going to grow bigger as a family with children,
The future of our bloodlines lies with these beacons.